28 November 2024

U Mobile has launched an Open API portal based on the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative, the first operator in Malaysia to do so.

U Mobile – which signed an MoU to join the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative at this year’s Mobile World Congress – said that the portal will provide developers, partners, and businesses access to its suite of APIs, enabling them to integrate and co-create services and solutions with the telco seamlessly.

The portal provides an intuitive interface to streamline the development process, a safe and secured isolated environment for testing and experimenting with APIs, and dedicated support and community for co-creation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

The suite of open APIs will enable ease of integration of messaging, voice, data, and network services. Most Open Gateway-related launches elsewhere in the world have focused on APIs that help combat fraud.

“As Malaysia’s future second 5G network provider, we are also looking forward to collaborating with more partners to bring innovative 5G and 5G-Advanced solutions to enterprises in this AI-driven digital economy,” said U Mobile’s chief information officer Neil Tomkinson.

In other news, U Mobile has recently defended its qualifications to run Malaysia’s second 5G network after enduring a week of criticism from rivals, industry analysts and politicians who expressed bafflement at the government’s decision to give U Mobile the nod.